Elite Syrian Army Unit Deploys To Palmyra Countryside4.7 out of 5 based on 10 ratings. 10 user reviews.

Elite Syrian Army Unit Deploys To Palmyra Countryside

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AlMasdarNews reports: The Syrian Arab Army’s 800th Regiment of the Republican Guard’s paratrooper division was deployed to the western countryside of Palmyra on Thursday morning after another powerful attack by the so-called “Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham” (ISIS) threatened the strategic T-4 Military Airport.

The 800th Regiment, which is rarely used by the Syrian Army’s High Command, parachuted into the western outskirts of the T-4 Military Airport on Thursday after the Palmyra-Homs Road was closed by the government due to the security threat posed by ISIS.

Alongside the forces already stationed at the military installation, the 800th Regiment drove back the attacking Islamic State terrorists, killing more than 70 (latest estimate) of their combatants before securing the entire area.

The 800th Regiment would later carry out the counter-attack that allowed the Syrian Armed Forces to clear the outskirts of the T-4 Airport on Thursday night.

Wow, they actually did a airdrop? I think, thats the first time they have ever done that in this war… Although they should be doing air drop deployments up and down the border at the very beginning of this war to seal the border, but….

I digress…

Paulo Romero

This is good news. If they were air dropped , it shows Russian thinking behind the tactics of the operation. This implies that the Syrian command structures are flexible as opposed to 4 years ago and are willing to evolve their doctrine and listen to good advice.